Gasoline range chemicals from zeolite-catalysed thermal degradation of polypropylene

1 January 1992

journal article
research article
Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society, Chemical Communications

No. 4,p. 374-375
https://doi.org/10.1039/c39920000374

Abstract

The thermal degradation of polypropylene over zeolite catalysts (H-ZSM-5, H-mordenite and H-theta-1) has been studied; GC analysis of the product fractions revealed that 70–80% were of the gasoline range hydrocarbons.

Keywords

CATALYSED
RANGE CHEMICALS
ZEOLITE
MORDENITE
THETA
ZSM
THERMAL
POLYPROPYLENE
GASOLINE

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